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Senate · Jan-Mar 2026
Sue Lines
Australian Labor Party · WA
Salary, super & work expenses · Jan-Mar 2026
Modelled estimate$241,846+$82,036reported + modelled
Excludes electorate-office staff salaries (MOPS Act) and office accommodation — typically several hundred thousand to over $1M per office per year.
Rank by expenses
37th / 258
+72% vs median
Reported · IPEA
Expenses this quarter
$241,846
Quarters on record
36
Modelled · Remuneration Tribunal
Salary & allowances
$73,040
Includes allowances
Superannuation
$8,996
15.4% of base + loading
Role this quarter: BackbencherLargest category: Employee Travel ($109,666)
Expenditure figures sourced from IPEA quarterly release (Jan-Mar 2026). View source. See methodology for how salary & super are modelled.
Quarter-over-quarter
Expenditure by category
Remuneration breakdown
Quarterly breakdown (Jan-Mar 2026)$82,036
| Base salary | Standard backbench rate (annual ÷ 4) | $58,415 |
| Electorate allowance | Electorate office and operations | $9,750 |
| Vehicle allowance (cash-in-lieu) | Remuneration Tribunal vehicle entitlement | $4,875 |
| Superannuation | 15.4% of base + loading (accumulation) | $8,996 |
| Total remuneration & super | $82,036 | |
Note: Auto-applied Backbencher (2025-26); quarterly = annual / 4
How is this modelled?▾
Modelled from Remuneration Tribunal determinations. Best-effort approximations, not IPEA-reported amounts.
- Vehicle entitlement
- All members modelled as taking the $19,500/yr cash-in-lieu allowance. IPEA car/COMCAR lines are treated as separate travel costs.
- Electorate allowance
- Baseline rate ($39,700/yr) applied for all representatives; geographic scaling not yet modelled.
- Committee loadings
- Additional loadings for committee chairs, whips and minor office holders are currently untracked.
- Mid-quarter transitions
- Modelled on the most recent active role within the quarter (known approximation).
Full detail on the methodology page.
Expenditure detail
Employee Travel
$109,666| Domestic Travel | IPEA | $84,651.49 |
| International Travel | IPEA | $18,730.90 |
| International Travel | IPEA | $6,284.00 |
Office Facilities
$68,894| — | IPEA | $68,894.07 |
International Travel
$29,948| Official Visits | IPEA | $9,426.30 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $6,849.95 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $5,993.50 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $3,796.91 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $3,231.20 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $378.00 |
| Official Visits | IPEA | $272.62 |
Scheduled Commercial Transport
$12,321| Fares | IPEA | $2,392.42 |
| Fares | IPEA | $2,353.21 |
| Fares | IPEA | $2,279.75 |
| Fares | IPEA | $2,147.95 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,306.22 |
| Fares | IPEA | $1,269.99 |
| Fares | IPEA | $715.58 |
| Fares | IPEA | $298.69 |
| Fares | IPEA | $273.14 |
| Fares | IPEA | -$715.58 |
Travel Allowance
$8,568| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $4,186.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $2,898.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $966.00 |
| Travel Allowance | IPEA | $518.00 |
Office Administration
$6,537| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $772.59 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $695.31 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $658.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $600.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $600.00 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $575.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $306.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $228.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $218.18 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $195.87 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $181.82 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $148.96 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $100.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $90.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $84.42 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $74.13 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $67.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $67.11 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | $62.73 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $57.27 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $57.27 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $57.27 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $56.91 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $53.14 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $50.86 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $49.44 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $46.41 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $43.62 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $42.98 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $35.30 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $30.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $30.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $30.00 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $29.64 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $19.79 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $19.58 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $18.62 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $14.16 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.81 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.70 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $9.06 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.24 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.02 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $7.02 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $6.13 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.36 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $5.11 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $4.72 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $4.08 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $3.37 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.98 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.57 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.11 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $2.10 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.88 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $1.13 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.91 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.75 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.75 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.57 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | $0.08 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | -$0.99 |
| Printing and Communications | IPEA | -$4.55 |
| Office Consumables and Services | IPEA | -$19.79 |
Family Travel
$2,384| Scheduled Commercial Transport | IPEA | $2,383.68 |
Other Car Costs
$1,498| COMCAR | IPEA | $137.40 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $137.40 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $137.40 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $133.20 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $79.92 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $73.26 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
| COMCAR | IPEA | $66.60 |
Telecommunications
$1,317| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $152.09 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $152.09 |
| Telecommunications - Usage | IPEA | $152.09 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $113.63 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $113.63 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $113.63 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $113.63 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $71.82 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $71.82 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $71.82 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $63.55 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $63.55 |
| Telecommunications - Residential - Official | IPEA | $63.55 |
Unscheduled Commercial Transport
$712| Electorate Duties | IPEA | $533.08 |
| Electorate Duties | IPEA | $179.13 |
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